Police investigate a shooting at a Columbia apartment complex. ABC 17 reports a 19-year-old was shot at about 10 p.m. Monday at Cliffside Manor Apartments off Old Highway 63 near Broadway and Stephens Lake Park. Apparently, dozens of shots were fired. ...
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Columbia council approves federal coronavirus relief funds
Big bucks are officially on the way to help Columbia pay for costs tied to the coronavirus. The city council on Monday night approved accepting $6,183,239.28. “This is the CARES [Act] money that we received from Boone County for expenses already ...
Read More »Rowden eyes education changes in 2021 session
Some students will not be working in-person this week, but state lawmakers are. The new legislative session starts Wednesday. Columbia state Sen. Caleb Rowden says a lack of in-seat learning has done huge damage to kids. “We gotta figure out a wa...
Read More »Decision day in Georgia with Senate majority at stake
(AP) — Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections that will help determine President-elect Joe Biden’s capacity to enact what may be the most progressive governing agenda in genera...
Read More »Danforth: Electoral college challenge ‘highly destructive’
(AP) — Former Sen. John Danforth says the effort by Sen. Josh Hawley and others to challenge Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory is a “radical” and “highly destructive attack.” The written statement from the 84-year-old three-term Republican se...
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